Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Major in German
Minimum required: 120 semester credit hours
General Requirements
- The general education core curriculum courses are listed in the degree plan below along with the statewide component code number. See the General Education Core Curriculum section of this catalog for the Texas State requirements and options in the core curriculum, including Honors courses.
- In addition to the general education core curriculum requirements, the Bachelor of Arts degree (B.A.) requires three additional hours of English literature, three hours of math/science/logic/computer science courses, six hours of 2000-level modern language courses, and a minor.
- Nine hours of writing intensive (WI) courses are required for graduation.
- Students must select a minor from the approved list of Undergraduate Minors.
- Students must complete a minimum of 36 advanced hours (3000 or 4000 level courses).
- Students in the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree with a major in German must complete 24 advanced hours in German and maintain a GPA of at least a 2.50 in all advanced German course work to meet graduation requirements.
- The minimum number of hours required for this degree program is 120. The number of free elective hours a student will complete depends on the number of hours a student may need to achieve the required 120 total or 36 advanced hours.
Course Requirements
| Freshman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| Communication Component Code 010 | 3 | Communication Component Code 010 | 3 |
| Mathematics Component Code 020 | 3 | Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 | 3 |
| Government/Political Science Component Code 070 | 3 | American History Component Code 060 | 3 |
| GER 1410 (TCCN GERM 1411) | 4 | Government/Political Science Component Code 070 | 3 |
| US 1100 | 1 | GER 1420 (TCCN GERM 1412) | 4 |
| 14 | 16 | ||
| Sophomore | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 | 3 | Language, Philosophy, and Culture Component Code 040 | 3 |
| American History Component Code 060 | 3 | Creative Arts Component Code 050 | 3 |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences Component Code 080 | 3 | Component Area Option Code 090/091 | 3 |
| ENG Literature (Component Area Option Code 090/094)1 | 3 | GER 2320 (TCCN GERM 2312) | 3 |
| GER 2310 (TCCN GERM 2311) | 3 | Minor | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Junior | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| BA Science, Math, Computer Science, or Logic | 3 | BA English Literature | 3 |
| GER Advanced Electives | 6 | GER Advanced Electives | 6 |
| Minor | 6 | Minor | 6 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Senior | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| GER Advanced Electives | 6 | GER Advanced Electives | 6 |
| Minor | 3 | Electives (as needed) | 9 |
| Electives (as needed) | 6 | ||
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Total Hours: 120 | |||
